Category: Windows 7

With many online entertainment sources like NetFlix and Hulu, people are finding themselves watching TV shows and movies on their PC through these online services. Sometimes when watching these shows late at night, you doze off and fall asleep, forgetting to turn off your computer. If this has happened to you, then you would find the Wise Auto Shutdown very useful. This app allows you to schedule your PC to shutdown, reboot, power off, sleep or hibernate at a specified point of time.

Windows 8 users are going to enjoy the simplicity of installing thousands of apps from the Microsoft Windows App Store. But what about the users of the earlier versions of Windows? Do not worry, you can enjoy installing apps from an app store without having to install Windows 8. The AllMyApps Windows app store works not only for Windows 8, but also for other versions of Windows.

If you work in front of your computer for many hours every day, then you may become a victim of the repetitive strain injury (RSI) which are injuries of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems caused by repetitive tasks and sustained awkward positions. Carpel tunnel syndrome is one of the RSIs that is caused when you use keyboard and mouse for many hours everyday. If you have to work on a computer for long durations, then you can prevent the risk of RSI by using a simple software called WorkRave.

If you feel like you are clicking too much and too many times just to launch a program, then free MadAppLauncher can help you out. MadAppLauncher makes it easy for you to launch apps in two or three keystrokes. It is able to assign two or three keystrokes to open a program, file, folder or command. You can configure many different things to be launched with MadAppLauncher.

One of the headaches of working with Windows is to select a window first, bring it to focus and make it active before you can control it with your mouse e.g., scroll it up or down. This is a setback specially in Windows 7 which allows you to open two documents side by side. But you have to switch the focus from one document to another to scroll down or up. Fortunately a free software called Mouse Hunter allows you to control inactive windows without having to select them first.

Windows comes with a backup feature of its own, but if you want more features and options then you can go for the free Backup Maker software. Backup Maker is free for private personal use. It allows you to create automatic backups of your data whether on-demand, at scheduled times or at certain events like at logoff or logon etc. It features compression of your data using ZIP, password protection and encryption of your data using the strong AES 256-bit cipher.

After taking a few pictures of my newborn niece, I was looking forward to print them. I wanted to add some nice photo frames to the baby pictures before printing them. There are tons of very nice photo frames available on the internet, but you need to be adapt in Adobe Photoshop or GIMP to use them. Fortunately, I found an easy to use software called Funny Photo Maker which allows you to add photo frames, superimpose faces and add artistic styles to your pictures for free.

Computer mice are very cheap and if your computer mouse dies, then you can buy another one either from a nearby store or online. But when the mouse dies in the middle of the night, then you are left pretty much stuck. In those situations, when your mouse has suddenly stopped working and you have to finish a report, you can make use of a little utility called Neat Mouse. It is a freeware Windows application that helps you control the mouse cursor easily in Windows.

Have you ever thought about how many applications you have to install to just view various types of documents. If you find it annoying to install so many apps for different file types, then you can just use one program called Free Viewer. Free Viewer is a freeware program for Windows that can open many different types of file formats.

Everyone tries to look slim and work hard to get rid of the extra unwanted fat accumulated during the holiday season. But do we care about our PC too? The PC also accumulates unwanted promotional programs, toolbars, links to advertising or trial offers over a period of time. You can make your PC slim and boost its performance by getting rid these unwanted items using the free SlimComputer tool.